“Light”
In sign if I can't....Insignificant....yet maybe….
These are confusing times and it is hard to know what to believe, I figured the best thing to do was to just be informed, trust my heart and instincts and truth will reveal itself. I lifted up my heart and looked to nature for guidance...and lo and behold, the herring were moving in along with the whales, gulls, eagles swooping down on the fish with talons like fish hooks, sea lions and the myriad ocean and terrestrial life that depends upon this miraculous migration.
Today in the waters off the west coast…..
…even the eagles and gulls get along when there is plenty
…sea lions feeding on herring
..so I wrote the following....
What If???
...we were the only life forms of this kind in the cosmos? With all the powerful, far reaching telescopes looking at the nebulae and galaxies of the cosmos, there hasn't yet been seen anything that resembles this diversity filled blue-green gem anywhere. We aren't even hearing music or rhythmic pulses coming from any other planet or star. Maybe we are the only musical planet. If we are it and this is a singular, unique and stunning creation in what we can yet see, is this the best we can do with what we have or are we to annihilate it and become another dusty barren orb that we are seeing out there? Is this a blip in time and an experiment to see if life will continue on Earth and will we succumb to be another eternal lifeless circling sphere in space? What we see is what we will become if we don't rise up and embrace our higher potential.
What if this is IT folks and we have to get it together instead of destroying each other and all the amazing life forms we cohabit this Earth with? What about beauty and love, family, enjoyment and the surprises nature delights us with daily? Is our purpose to destroy it all or will we find a way to stop the hatred, fighting, repression and brutality that humans are coming to symbolize in the media and around the globe. I know we are more than that. I know the humane and wonderful beings we truly are and have the potential to be rather than competing and discriminating against, marginalizing and pushing each other out of existence. I don't deny there are energies that are mean, controlling and harmful...those exist but which ones are we feeding into? Only the good will give us a future.
If humanity can wake up and become more enlightened, then perhaps the cosmos might reveal more of its wonders to us and we will join with others out there but until we learn how to be the light, the warmth, the kindness and love, illuminating the darkness, what we see out there is what we will become. Maybe there is lots more out there but we just cannot see it yet because it isn’t illuminated to us. We are creators of what we inherit. Turn on the lights and flush out the darkness. Don't get me wrong, I love the night but what would it be like if there were no stars, no moon and planets, just darkness, day and black night? So be the sun, the life, the light...light up the world. Reflect its warmth, the love and goodness...otherwise, at this rate, in a fractured, fearful and divisive world that enables ecocide and genocide, those uninhabitable dusty spheres out there just might be our fate.
What we imagine and see is what we get so let's see a beautiful planet, future and cosmos .....For All Our Relations
….herring spawn in the water turning it turquoise and seal swimming (Meares Island in the background, still forested after many people went to prison to protect it from logging)
Wolf tracks on the beach….
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Susanne, Bertil Klevner introduced me to your newsletter several months ago, knowing I would appreciate all your talents. I have, very much, but today I am doubly grateful to have this connection for a more personal reason than admiration for your artistic and literary skills. ---Bertil had told me he planned to visit old friends. He sent one email upon arrival, eager for next day when cedar was to be planned. Then nothing...he may still be there, knee-deep in boats as his plans were flexible...can you help reassure me that all is okay?